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Uruguay 1 step closer to legalizing pot

03.08.2013 01:10
Uruguay's unprecedented plan to put the government at the centre of a legal marijuana industry has made it through the lower chamber of congress, giving President Jose Mujica a long-sought victory in his effort to explore alternatives to the global war on drugs. All 50 members of the governing...

Chile prosecutor drops probe in 2010 mine collapse

03.08.2013 01:08
Sqhares of Facebook Inc. increased 1.2 percent to $38.08 in morning trading Wednesday. That's the highest the stock has traded since the company's highly anticipated initial public offering ended with a thud. The stock is up by more than 50 percent since last week. The world's biggest online social...

Nepal tightening rules for Everest expeditions

03.08.2013 01:00
The Nepalese government is tightening the rules for adventurous individuals looking to climb Mount Everest. The South Asian nation has announced new rules governing expeditions on the world's highest peak, as it becomes more popular for tourism. Nepal, in responding to increased tourism that has...

Comedian Ellen DeGeneres picked to host 2014 Oscars

03.08.2013 00:50
- Comedian Ellen DeGeneres has been chosen to host the annual Oscars telecast in March, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said on Friday. This would be her second stint as master of ceremonies for the Oscars. DeGeneres, the star of her own daytime talk show "Ellen," previously hosted...

Iran's Rouhani misquoted in remarks on Israel: state TV

03.08.2013 00:33
DUBAI (Reuters) - Two days before his inauguration as Iran's new president, Hassan Rouhani said on Friday that Israeli occupation of Palestinian land had inflicted a "wound" on the Muslim world, according to a segment of his remarks broadcast on Iran's state-run Press TV. An earlier report by...

Shark attack claims Brazilian teen's life

27.07.2013 03:12
As lifeguards approached to pull a drowning Brazilian teenager from the water, she suffered a second, fatal misfortune -- a shark attack. Bruni Gobbi, 18, and a cousin were on the verge of drowning at Boa Viagem beach in the northeastern Brazil city of Recife on Monday, according to the local...

Michael Jackson's drug use explored in trial

27.07.2013 02:55
A nurse who administered propofol to Michael Jackson more than a dozen times said the pop star did not appear to be a drug-seeker. David Fournier was called as a witness Thursday by AEG Live in an effort to convince jurors that Jackson was so deceptive and secretive about his drug use that...

Canadians paying the coffee forward -- by the hundreds

27.07.2013 02:34
-- What's in the coffee in Canada? Apparently something that's making a few folks pretty generous. At least six times this week, customers at Tim Hortons restaurants have paid for their own cups of coffee and cups of brew for the next 500 or more people in line, according to media reports. The...

One year on: Has the Olympics left a legacy?

27.07.2013 02:30
London (CNN) -- Over two-thirds of Britons believe the £9 billion ($13.8 billion) bill for the London Olympics was worth it, but economists and business leaders argue it could take years to see the economic benefits. According to a poll by research consultancy ComRes , released on the first...

SYRIA DEATH TOLL TOPS 100,000

27.07.2013 02:28
More than 100,000 people have been killed in Syria’s two-and-a-half-year old civil war, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon announced Thursday. In addition, the secretary-general noted that millions have been displaced inside Syria and have sought refuge in neighboring countries. U.N....
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